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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Since last August, Julie from The Land of Lost Luggage and JeriAnn from Commuter's Journal have co-hosted an ongoing, online collaboration called Getting Arboreal: A Nature Collection. The idea was to chose a tree to follow over time and through the seasons. I chose a whole grove of trees in Central Park - just a few of the more than 4 million trees in the Park. The location is by Bethesda Terrace, one of my favorite spots in the Park.

23 comments:

What a gorgeous area to select for your arboreal journey and how amazingly different the scene looks across the seasons. You can get a totally different feel from the change in the varying color palettes. Hey, did you know that there is a group of pigeons that hang out there throughout all of the seasons? I can see the same ones in each picture! LOL Hope you're cracking up! Haven't been to this spot in over 20 years- but these pictures have definitely inspired me to visit very soon!

Cherry Blossoms?Coming from the D.C. area, I'm bursting with homesickness.I remember skipping school on Earth Day to scoop up the blossoms from the street, twirling and singing like a good hippie-chick. A GROVE was a brilliant choice.

Wow, this is absolutely amazing Seth. It's so exciting to follow. It filled my lungs with fresh air, a great feeling of intense life connecting with the natural world. I did enlarge that one, it was very worth it.....just stunning. Here in Southern California, we don't feel the seasons changing so much but I have a gorgeous cherry like tree seen from my living room/balcony. I follow it every year and notice it's grandness season after season. Thank you for that. Beautifully captured.Orly

Nice Seth- I hadn't realised your earlier shots were part of the collab. I love observing the seasons when I go for teh same walk every other day. I love Autumn the best but Winter is pretty rad too...I love the bare branches and the shapes the make when silhouetted against the morning sky.

OH......spring shooting now upon us...thanks for the reminder.THESE PHOTOS ARE CLASSIC...AND you included the snow......missed that here.these are all so beautifully alike and different, truly representing the seasons...hope you do something more with them. transfers? into a collage?

Oh wow, oh wow. Since I only have one uninspiring tree, I didn't think to join the fun. But I now realize I could have used someone else's tree to display. What a super collaboration and wonderful photos. That last one is a killer. Does the pink tree in the background have cherry blossoms?

Great series. I'm a native New Yorker now living in Minnesota and whenever I go back it's a must to make time for Central Park and I always take photos of the fountain. Your juxtaposition of seasons is wonderful!

(one more comment from me) Seth, your trees and your beautiful park are so magical, truly nature in all of her splender. What a wonderful place this must be to walk or just sit... hope you are having a great week...roxanne